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John H. Doonan publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John H. Doonan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 233 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

John H. Doonan D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where John H. Doonan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

John H. Doonan is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom and has an extensive record of research primarily in agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly activities span diverse subfields including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, genetics, and environmental engineering.

The research portfolio of John H. Doonan covers a variety of topics such as:

  • Smart Agriculture and AI
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement

Prominent coauthors collaborating frequently with John H. Doonan include Fiona Corke, Kevin Williams, Cândida Nibau, Luis A. J. Mur, and Wanneng Yang.

They have contributed papers to a range of publication venues, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Cells

Notable recent publications by John H. Doonan include the following:

  • Crop Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping: Past Decades, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives (2020, Molecular Plant)
  • Gradual polyploid genome evolution revealed by pan-genomic analysis of Brachypodium hybridum and its diploid progenitors (2020, Nature Communications)
  • KnetMiner: a comprehensive approach for supporting evidence-based gene discovery and complex trait analysis across species (2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal)
  • Ectopic expression of Triticum polonicum VRT-A2 underlies elongated glumes and grains in hexaploid wheat in a dosage-dependent manner (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • Direct and accurate feature extraction from 3D point clouds of plants using RANSAC (2021, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture)

Best Publications

  • Sequencing of Aspergillus nidulans and comparative analysis with A. fumigatus and A. oryzae

    James E. Galagan;Sarah E. Calvo;Christina Cuomo;Li Jun Ma

  • The auxin signalling network translates dynamic input into robust patterning at the shoot apex

    Teva Vernoux;Géraldine Brunoud;Etienne Farcot;Valérie Morin

  • Crop Phenomics and High-Throughput Phenotyping: Past Decades, Current Challenges, and Future Perspectives.

    Wanneng Yang;Hui Feng;Xuehai Zhang;Jian Zhang

  • A genetic framework for grain size and shape variation in wheat.

    Vasilis C. Gegas;Aida Nazari;Simon Griffiths;James Simmonds

  • Silencing by plant Polycomb-group genes requires dispersed trimethylation of histone H3 at lysine 27

    Daniel Schubert;Lucia Primavesi;Anthony Bishopp;Gethin Roberts

  • The Arabidopsis RNA-Directed DNA Methylation Argonautes Functionally Diverge Based on Their Expression and Interaction with Target Loci

    Ericka R. Havecker;Laura M. Wallbridge;Thomas J. Hardcastle;Maxwell S. Bush

  • The bimG gene of Aspergillus nidulans, required for completion of anaphase, encodes a homolog of mammalian phosphoprotein phosphatase 1

    John H. Doonan;N.Ronald Morris

  • An actin network is present in the cytoplasm throughout the cell cycle of carrot cells and associates with the dividing nucleus.

    Jan A. Traas;John H. Doonan;David J. Rawlins;Peter J. Shaw

  • Plant cyclins: a unified nomenclature for plant A-, B- and D-type cyclins based on sequence organization.

    Jean Pierre Renaudin;John H. Doonan;Donna Freeman;Junji Hashimoto

  • EB1 reveals mobile microtubule nucleation sites in Arabidopsis

    Jordi Chan;Grant M Calder;John H Doonan;Clive W Lloyd

  • Characterization of the ethanol-inducible alc gene-expression system in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Hairul A. Roslan;Michael G. Salter;Chris D. Wood;Michael R. H. White

  • Spindle formation and chromatin condensation in cells blocked at interphase by mutation of a negative cell cycle control gene

    S A Osmani;D B Engle;J H Doonan;N R Morris

  • G2/M-Phase–Specific Transcription during the Plant Cell Cycle Is Mediated by c-Myb–Like Transcription Factors

    Masaki Ito;Satoshi Araki;Sachihiro Matsunaga;Takashi Itoh

  • High‐throughput protein localization in Arabidopsis using Agrobacterium‐mediated transient expression of GFP‐ORF fusions

    Olga A. Koroleva;Matthew L. Tomlinson;David Leader;Peter Shaw

  • Plant-adapted green fluorescent protein is a versatile vital reporter for gene expression, protein localization and mitosis in the filamentous fungus, Aspergillus nidulans

    José Manuel Fernández-Ábalos;Helen Fox;Chris Pitt;Brian Wells

  • The expression of D-cyclin genes defines distinct developmental zones in snapdragon apical meristems and is locally regulated by the Cycloidea gene.

    Valérie Gaudin;Patricia A. Lunness;Pierre R. Fobert;Matthew Towers

  • Aspergillus nidulans contains a single actin gene which has unique intron locations and encodes a γ-actin

    Fidel S;Doonan Jh;Morris Nr

  • Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass

    Magdalena Opanowicz;Philippe Vain;John H. Draper;David Parker

  • Regulation of the pollen-specific actin-depolymerizing factor LlADF1.

    Ellen G. Allwood;Richard G. Anthony;Andrei P. Smertenko;Stefanie Reichelt

  • Patterns of cell division revealed by transcriptional regulation of genes during the cell cycle in plants.

    P. R. Fobert;E. S. Coen;G. J. P. Murphy;J. H. Doonan

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive W. Lloyd
Clive W. Lloyd John Innes Centre
Peter Shaw
Peter Shaw Norwich Research Park
Luis A. J. Mur
Luis A. J. Mur Aberystwyth University
Jan Traas
Jan Traas École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
James A. H. Murray
James A. H. Murray Cardiff University
Liam Dolan
Liam Dolan Austrian Academy of Sciences
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Alison H. Kingston-Smith
Alison H. Kingston-Smith Aberystwyth University
Enrico Coen
Enrico Coen John Innes Centre
Lizhong Xiong
Lizhong Xiong Huazhong Agricultural University

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